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- India
K Natwar Singh: A man who wore many hats and spoke his mind
New Delhi: K Natwar Singh wore many hats as he straddled the worlds of diplomacy, politics and writing but what remained consistent across decades was his sharp-wit and plainspeaking. The former Congress…
- India
Hope Bangladesh interim govt will take forceful steps to instill confidence in minorities: Congress
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday expressed concern over reports of targeted attacks on minorities and their places of worship in Bangladesh and hoped the interim government there would take forceful steps…
- India
BPCC to launch statewide agitation against Centre for denying special category status
Patna: The Bihar Pradesh Congress Committee (BPCC) on Saturday announced a statewide agitation from August 12 in protest against the Centre’s refusal to grant special category status to the state. Bihar Congress…
- India
‘Rahul has become synonymous with politics of deception, propaganda, lies’: BJP
New Delhi: The BJP on Saturday hit out at Rahul Gandhi, alleging non-fulfillment of his party’s poll promises in Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh, and said the Congress leader has become synonymous with…
- Telangana
Telangana proposes Rs 2L urban, Rs 1.5L rural income caps for ration cards
Hyderabad: A proposal has been placed before the cabinet sub-committee appointed for framing the guidelines for the issue of new ration cards (food security cards), to have Rs 1.5 lakh as the…
- India
Mayawati questions Congress’s ‘silence’ on creamy layer among SCs, STs
Lucknow: BSP chief Mayawati on Saturday questioned the “silence of the Congress” on the August 1 judgment of the Supreme Court directing the states to evolve a policy for identifying the creamy…
- India
Congress’s swipe at PM: Hopefully he’ll find time to also visit Manipur
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday said it is good that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Wayanad and hoped that he would “find the time and the inclination” to also visit…
- Andhra Pradesh
Setback to YSR Congress Party as former Deputy Andhra CM quits
Amaravati: In a setback to the opposition YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), key leader and former Deputy Chief Minister Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas resigned from party posts on Friday. Krishna Srinivas, who is…
- Hyderabad
Video: Feroz Khan compares AIMIM’s Owaisi brothers to ‘chameleons’
Hyderabad: Congress leader Feroz Khan compared the Owaisi brothers of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) party to ‘chameleons’. In the latest attack, the leader said that the Owaisi brothers change faster…
- India
Preamble in NCERT books: Ramesh submits privilege notice against Pradhan
New Delhi: Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has submitted a notice to initiate privilege proceedings in the Rajya Sabha against Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan for “misleading” the House over the issue of…
- India
Rahul meets Right to Food campaign, fishermen delegations at Parliament reception
New Delhi: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Thursday met a delegation of the Right to Food campaign and another of fishermen from across the country at the…
- Telangana
Bypoll for one vacant Rajya Sabha seat in Telangana on Sep 3
Hyderabad: The Election Commission of India has announced by-polls for 12 vacant Rajya Sabha seats across 9 states on September 3. One of these seats is from Telangana, which fell vacant due…
- Telangana
Telangana MBBS aspirants will be at loss due to GO 33: Harish Rao
Hyderabad: Cautioning that Telangana students could be considered as non-locals in their own state due to GO 33 issued by the Medical Education Department for admissions to MBBS, former health minister T…
- India
Like Bangladesh, people in India will one day storm PM house: Congress
Bhopal: In controversial comments, senior Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Sajjan Singh Verma has said like the riot-ravaged Bangladesh, people in India will one day storm the official residence of Prime Minister and…
- India
Congress spreading lies about Preamble dropped from NCERT books: Pradhan
New Delhi: Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan accused Congress of spreading lies about the removal of the Preamble from NCERT textbooks on Wednesday. Pradhan alleged that the Congress disrespected the Constitution the…